Standards - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think

No one knows how much it will cost to keep the risks of significant climate disruption to a reasonable level. One commonly cited estimate puts the cost at roughly 1 percent of world GDP a year, or about $840 billion. This is a large number, but it seems smaller when... View Details

Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy; Utilities

21 Aug 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study

Subside Panelist Horacio Forjaz, of Brazilian aircraft manucturer Embraer (see related article), concurred with Austin's description of standard case methodology, but added a few comments on what the experience had been like from the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2020
News

AI Enhances Diagnostic Care

likelihood of an illness, and precision imaging that can detect abnormalities not visible to the human eye. Tantawy says that MRC, founded in 1989, uses advanced technologies to deliver the highest standards of health care in the field of... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Jun 2015
News

Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness

Jan Rivkin conceived of a data-based, research-driven effort to influence the national dialogue and shed light on the crucial issue of the ability of US companies to compete in a global economy while supporting rising living standards for... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson; Walmart; Health, Social Assistance; Retail Trade

Web

VCPE Database Comparison | Baker Library

Strong Standard Verticals Strong Solid Strong for tech related verticals None. Recommend using keyword search in Business Description Geographic Granularity Zip level City level City Level Zip level Downloading Extremely limited (10 rows... View Details

02 Jan 2018
News

Reconsidering Retirement

fiduciary standard for clients. Rebalance now has $525 million under management, but the real satisfaction comes from seeing clients discover a smarter way to save for retirement. “Our clients are smart, and they know that something... View Details

Keywords: April White; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Dec 2009
News

Taking the Plunge

purchased as a separate attachable seat that fits on a standard toilet for approximately $800, depending on the model, or as an integrated toilet bowl and seat (branded as the Neorest) for anywhere from $3,800 to $5,000. Classroom... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Feb 1998
News

Stephen Covey's Successful Habits

have to compete at a global level and maintain a world-class standard of quality. What's the biggest shortcoming of American business? Its low-trust culture, characterized by defensive and protective communication, hidden agendas,... View Details

26 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 26

accounting standards to argue that when the political process of determining institutions of capitalism is "thin," in that managers find themselves with specialized technical knowledge unavailable to outsiders and with little... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

absolute. Instead, measures/reports of time and distance were found to depend on one's reference point, specifically one's direction and speed of travel, making our apparent physical reality, in Einstein's words, "merely an illusion." Like time and distance,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 10

Working PapersMandatory IFRS Adoption and Financial Statement Comparability Authors:Francois Brochet, Alan Jagolinzer, and Edward J. Riedl Abstract This study examines the effect of mandatory International Financial Reporting Standards... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

firms must wait for the pace of user innovation to slow down and the design space to be "mined out." We also show that innovative user-manufacturers and mass-market firms can share the market for a long time. That's the standard... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

27 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential

bonds, a standard measurement used by investment firms. He then matched the data against instances of wrongdoing covering a six-year period. The more the portfolio balance tipped toward stocks, the greater the chance of trouble.... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

12 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

Barron, and Kagan Tumer Abstract We describe an auction mechanism in the class of Groves mechanisms that has received attention in the computer science literature because of its theoretical property of being more "learnable" than the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

Cai, Wei, Susanna Gallani, and Jee-Eun Shin Abstract— Organizations often struggle with motivating employees to develop innovative ideas that may benefit the firm, especially when the standard tasks for which employees are measured and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Apr 2016
Blog Post

First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation

focuses solely on corporate culture and identity of the new workplace. There's a lecture about the firm's history and another about standard operating procedures. There's a packet of information from human resources, emblazoned with the... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

21 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Parable of the Bungled Baggage And the Unhappy Customer

had just come down, and I had expected the bags to be there when the first-class folks arrived. The standard would probably be that when first class arrives, have the bags there. Coach people came, no bags. Now we're all waiting, and it... View Details

Keywords: by W. Earl Sasser

28 May 2019
News

Broken Link

connection makes. She’s the executive director of administrative services at the Rappahannock County Public Schools, a rural school district in Virginia that was used to slow internet and frequent outages that interrupted everything from lesson plans to View Details

Keywords: Nicole Torres; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

02 Feb 2007
What Do You Think?

Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?

can be found in: (1) discovery, the challenge of adventure and innovation characterized by dot-com entrepreneurs willing to work 24/7 in search of the new or unknown, (2) excellence, in which high standards are not compromised for... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

13 Sep 2019
Blog Post

An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit

simultaneously and meeting personal due dates and quality standards. More importantly, we have the skills to coach teams to meet their deadlines and standards as well. Second, I learned that I love helping teams that are making real... View Details

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